William Morong wrote:
>
> Whenever working on colonies that seem to have trachael mites, I have by the
> same evening had excruciatingly itchy eyelids with redness.  Unable to see
> the cause I had my son look for "cooties."  With the naked eye nothing was
> visible, but with a 30x
> microscope, he was able to see 8-legged light-colored "cooties" on my
> eyelashes.
Hi Bill,
I have done a lot of tracheal mite testing on  beekeepers bees but have
never seen what you describe on humans. i looked at many infestations in
the late 80's but can't remember any of those things with the eyes after
working bees. Maybe a bee lab person will respond.
Bob harrison U.S.A.